List of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball head coaches

The following is a list of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball head coaches. The Wildcats have had 22 coaches in their 113-season history.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Since 1930, Kentucky has been led by seven head coaches, five of whom have led the Wildcats to an NCAA Championship. Adolph Rupp led Kentucky to 4 NCAA Championships (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958) during his tenure. Rupp's successor Joe B. Hall guided the Wildcats to their fifth NCAA Championship in 1978. During the 1990s, Rick Pitino and Tubby Smith each added a championship, capturing the crown in 1996 and 1998, respectively. Most recently, John Calipari led the program to its eighth national championship in 2012. Kentucky is the only school in college basketball history with five NCAA Division I Championship head coaches.

Tenure	Duration of head coaching career at Kentucky
Record	Number of career games won-lost at Kentucky
%	Percentage of games won at Kentucky
*	Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach

Tenure	Coach	Record	%
1903–09	W. W. H. Mustaine, others	21–35	.375
1909–10	Edwin Sweetland / R. E. Spahr	4–8	.333
1910–11	Harold Iddings	5–6	.454
1911–12	Edwin Sweetland (2nd time)	9–0	1.000
1912–13	John J. Tigert	5–3	.625
1913–15	Alpha Brumage	19–7	.731
1915–16	James Park	8–6	.571
1916–17		4–6	.400
1917–18	Stanley A. Boles	9–2	.792
1918–19	Andrew Gill	6–8	.428
1919–24	George Buchheit	44–27	.619
1924–25	Clarence Applegran	13–8	.619
1925–26	Ray Eklund	15–3	.833
1926–27	Basil Hayden	3–13	.187
1927–30	John Mauer	40–14	.740
1930–72	Adolph Rupp*	876–190	.822
1972–85	Joe B. Hall	297–100	.748
1985–89	Eddie Sutton*	88–39	.693
1989–97	Rick Pitino*	219–50	.814
1997–2007	Tubby Smith	263–83	.760
2007–2009	Billy Gillispie	40–27	.597
2009–present	John Calipari*	305–71	.811

References[]

^ "All-Time Winningest Teams" (PDF). NCAA.com. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
^ "2008-09 UK Factbook" (PDF). UKathletics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
^ "Kentucky". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

[alltimewinningest-1] "All-Time Winningest Teams" (PDF). NCAA.com. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

[2008-09_UK_Factbook-2] "2008-09 UK Factbook" (PDF). UKathletics.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

[ESPN-3] "Kentucky". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

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v t Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
Venues	State College Gymnasium (1903–1914) Buell Armory Gymnasium (1910–1924) Alumni Gymnasium (1924–1950) Memorial Coliseum (1950–1976) Rupp Arena (1976–present) Joe Craft Center (practice)
Rivalries	Centre College (historical) Florida Indiana Louisville North Carolina Tennessee Transylvania (historical)
Culture & lore	History under Adolph Rupp Basketbowl Champions Classic Fabulous Five "The Shot" The Unforgettables 2011 Indiana game The Rivalry: Red v. Blue
People	Head coaches Honorees NBA draftees Players Recruiting history Statistical leaders
Seasons	1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1913–14 1920–21 1932–33 1933–34 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1957–58 1960–61 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics